Balefire Demon Flares

[crb]

Pretty hot. It does appear that there is some correlation between flare power and endroll.




You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +595 vs DS: +258 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +70 = +446
... and hit for 161 points of damage!
Muscle and blood explode from the war griffin's abdomen in a steaming spray!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 100 points of damage!
Right hand explodes into thousands of pieces!
The war griffin screeches loudly as it cradles its mangled right claw!
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 1 point of damage!
Flash burns to eye momentarily blind the war griffin.

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir janissary.
... 15 points of damage!
Superheated arc of plasma traces blackened path across the Ithzir janissary's belly!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +595 vs DS: +258 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +23 = +399
... and hit for 138 points of damage!
Superheated energy causes the artery in the war griffin's leg to explode!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 95 points of damage!
Spun clockwise, the war griffin falls in a heap.
The war griffin writhes in agony, its wings flapping fruitlessly as it dies.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir initiate.
... 25 points of damage!
Superheated arc of plasma traces blackened path across the Ithzir initiate's belly!
The Ithzir initiate is stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +595 vs DS: +252 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +59 = +441
... and hit for 159 points of damage!
A raw, red hole is drilled in the war griffin's chest by a powerful bolt!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 85 points of damage!
Left leg explodes into thousands of pieces!
The war griffin writhes in agony, its wings flapping fruitlessly as it dies.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir scout.
... 20 points of damage!
Plasma encircles the Ithzir scout's neck causing skin to shrivel and bleed!
The Ithzir scout is stunned!

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits a greater construct.
The balefire strikes the greater construct and the shimmering gold aura surrounding it flickers momentarily.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +595 vs DS: +225 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +32 = +441
... and hit for 159 points of damage!
Skin roasted away from back exposing the war griffin's spinal column!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 70 points of damage!
The war griffin tries desperately to keep footing but falls on rear instead.
The war griffin writhes in agony, its wings flapping fruitlessly as it dies.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir seer.
... 25 points of damage!
Intense beam of plasma shears away large chunks of the Ithzir seer's forearm!

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir initiate.
... 25 points of damage!
A raw, red hole is drilled in the Ithzir initiate's chest by a powerful bolt!
The Ithzir initiate falls to the ground in a crumpled heap.
The very powerful look leaves an Ithzir initiate.
The white light leaves an Ithzir initiate.
The opalescent aura fades from around an Ithzir initiate.
The deep blue glow leaves an Ithzir initiate.
The brilliant aura fades away from an Ithzir initiate.
An Ithzir initiate seems slightly different.
The dim aura fades from around an Ithzir initiate.
The light blue glow leaves an Ithzir initiate.
An Ithzir initiate appears less confident.

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir janissary.
... 20 points of damage!
Vicious hole burned through the Ithzir janissary's weapon hand!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +357 vs DS: +237 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +30 = +189
... and hit for 50 points of damage!
Intense arc of energy flays the war griffin's arm to the bone!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 35 points of damage!
Bones in arm crack and blood vessels burst!
The war griffin screeches loudly as it cradles its mangled left front leg!
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 25 points of damage!
Plasma scorches a hole in the war griffin's weapon arm!

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir initiate.
... 25 points of damage!
Muscle and blood explode from the Ithzir initiate's abdomen in a steaming spray!
The Ithzir initiate is stunned!

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir janissary.
... 10 points of damage!
Blistering strike to leg shrivels skin and causes excruciating pain.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +595 vs DS: +196 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +42 = +480
... and hit for 165 points of damage!
Intense beam of plasma shears away large chunks of the war griffin's forearm!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 95 points of damage!
Head is vaporized by decompression!
The war griffin writhes in agony, its wings flapping fruitlessly as it dies.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.

A burst of flame from your ball of greenish-black flame flies off and hits an Ithzir scout.
... 15 points of damage!
Searing blast of energy to hip spins the Ithzir scout around!
The Ithzir scout is stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +516 vs DS: +264 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +88 = +379
... and hit for 155 points of damage!
Muscle and bone blasted to pieces by searing wave of energy!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your light grey shadowling loses 2 mana.)
... 70 points of damage!
Left leg explodes into thousands of pieces!
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 15 points of damage!
Minor burns to the war griffin's weapon arm.

** Your illthorn staff releases a quivering wave of disruption! **

... 30 points of damage!
Small veins in the war griffin's neck burst, the blood flows freely.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


I love the last one, initial hit, splash damage, demon flare, runestaff flare. 4 hits for the price of 1.

[crb]

I also saw this happen once:



You gesture at a war griffin.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a war griffin!
AS: +456 vs DS: +264 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +91 = +322
... and hit for 127 points of damage!
The war griffin's leg is consumed in an intense field of plasma reducing it to ash!
A blurred light grey shadowling shudders slightly, but nothing further happens.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a war griffin, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 20 points of damage!
Searing strike to back causes the war griffin to grunt in pain.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

It had mana, and flared on the very next hit. On times when it doesn't flare (for me, with 280 total ranks in mana controls, it flares often) there is no messaging. But this one time I noticed this failure messaging

[Asha]

Well.
Holy shit.

[Kronius]

I wnat to know if certain demons have better/different flares than others...

[Chaotic Tempo]

How much demon lore do you have in those first log posts?

I'm curious if lore enhances the damage from the demon, or if any other phantom additions to damage were tied in to lores.

[Fallen]

I remember a GM (Oscuro, I think?) responding to you (crb) specifically stating that there is no correlation between lore/training and splash damage. Only level disparity (and resistances/vulnerabilities) affect the splash damage. So if it is different for Balefire, it would be the only ball bolt spell with said advantage. That seems unlikely.

[Chaotic Tempo]

To me? Fairly certain that's not the case. I've only been back in the game a week. Perhaps you mean Oscuro responded to the specific question?

Also, not the splash damage, the contribution of the demon-followup damage. Which is a mechanic unique to this specific spell.

So my question remains unanswered !

[subzero]

I wnat to know if certain demons have better/different flares than others...

The type of damage done will depend on the demon's native valence:
Grik'tyr: randomly either disintegration or crushing damage
Shien'tyr: randomly either vacuum or unbalancing damage
Lorae'tyr: randomly either steam or disruption damage

[crb]

Right now I'm hunting with 88 demonology ranks.

[msconstrew]

Here are some examples from a like-level foe. Level 63 sorcerer with 64 demonology ranks. I've been using 708 to get them on the ground, one shot of Balefire, and then 702 in offensive stance. For the demon flares, I would say it flared better than 50% of the time.

I think this is still more mana intensive than just using DC, which often one-shots the stuff in the Skull Temple. Still, it's fun to play with.

>inc 713
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Balefire...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a muscular supplicant.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a muscular supplicant!
AS: +286 vs DS: +143 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +15 = +197
... and hit for 47 points of damage!
Plasma scorches a hole in the muscular supplicant's weapon arm!
A lean chalky white imp shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your chalky white imp loses 2 mana.)
... 30 points of damage!
Unlucky strike removes muscles from abdomen, but misses vital organs.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a muscular supplicant, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 5 points of damage!
Minor burns to the muscular supplicant's shield arm.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.



>inc 713
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Balefire...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a muscular supplicant.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a muscular supplicant!
AS: +312 vs DS: +154 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +41 = +238
... and hit for 68 points of damage!
Intense arc of energy flays the muscular supplicant's arm to the bone!
A lean chalky white imp shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your chalky white imp loses 2 mana.)
... 50 points of damage!
Crushing blow to the spine!
The muscular supplicant slumps to the ground.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a muscular supplicant, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 10 points of damage!
Searing bolt of energy strikes the muscular supplicant, scorching a wide swath of flesh!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


>inc 713
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Balefire...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a muscular supplicant.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a muscular supplicant!
AS: +312 vs DS: +163 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +66 = +254
... and hit for 89 points of damage!
Fiery blast of plasma blows the muscular supplicant's leg into a bloody spray!
A lean chalky white imp shudders slightly as chaotic energy is drawn from its form and fused with the attack.
(Your chalky white imp loses 2 mana.)
... 35 points of damage!
Strike bores into left arm, causing now-weakened bones to crack.
The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a muscular supplicant, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 10 points of damage!
Insignificant burns to the muscular supplicant's neck.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

And here's one with a demon failure:

>inc 713
You trace an intricate sign that contorts in the air while forcefully invoking Balefire...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a muscular supplicant.
You hurl a ball of greenish-black flame at a muscular supplicant!
AS: +286 vs DS: +128 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +42 = +239
... and hit for 78 points of damage!
Awesome lash of plasma severs the muscular supplicant's arm completely!
The supplicant's dark steel flamberge falls to the ground.
A lean chalky white imp shudders slightly, but nothing further happens.The ball of greenish-black flame strikes a muscular supplicant, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 10 points of damage!
Insignificant burns to the muscular supplicant's neck.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.